Chapter 1048 One hundred and fifteen. Bloody Farm

   "What is the meaning."

  Lu Li's gaze returned to Claire.

   "I didn't get it. Ask me and you can only get a bunch of irresponsible guesses." Claire stepped forward and simply threw a fist. The mad breath erupted with the shadow of the fist, and the overturned mutilated scarecrow shattered in the air.

  The teaching uniform of the conspiracy cobweb pantheon floated slowly in the air.

  Claire picks up the scarecrow loot that is better than nothing, and can be exchanged for contributions.

   "Keep going."

  The scarecrow standing in the distance didn't waste time getting close, Lu Li and Claire who planned the path went to the manor deep in the **** farm.

   The barns they encountered on the way had been destroyed without exception, leaving them only the ruins.

  Scarlet wheat appears to be still a plant, and mutation and irrigation have not changed their essence, giving them some biological qualities.

   So when Lu Li was walking in the wheat field, the thigh-height wheats that were ignored by the contestants and would not contribute to their contribution were all crawling, forming a red carpet that was laid with Lu Li's progress.

   As if Lu Li is the real owner of this wheat field.

   Passing through the eerily quiet **** farm with foul plants, the outline of the manor emerges in front of it, sitting in a wheat field like a sea of ​​blood.

  Lu Li and Claire began to encounter other players. There are very few solo players, and most of them choose to team up with players from the same camp.

   They keep their distance, pretend to be uninjured, and generally avoid when they're far away—although no points are awarded for killing other players, the loot and supplies go to themselves.

   However, this kind of private fight is usually limited to only two or three teams around, and the leak of the sneak attack on other players will obviously cause trouble.

  The charred fenced garden is covered in ashes and footprints, where a fire raged earlier, destroying everything but the mansion.

   stepped on the ashes that seemed to still have warm, leaving dark footprints and walked into the mansion.

   The loathsome, twisted corpses of the lower parasites are everywhere, their gonads and weapons organs cut off as trophies.

   "Let's try our luck in the cellar."

  Claire seemed to be familiar with this place, and did not waste time exploring the house that might have been raided countless times, nor was he interested in the movement from somewhere in the mansion, and went straight to the cellar entrance leading to the wine cellar.

   There is no doubt that the players who captured the manor not long ago will not miss the wine cellar. The iron cellar door was open when they arrived, revealing a long passage that permeated the cold. There is also the corpse of a female lower parasite in the hallway.

   Luli follower Claire stepped up the steps.

   Wine cellar, a word that any alcoholic hears will make his eyes glow. But they would never like it here.

   It's not because of the scarecrows and parasites guarding the manor, nor because of the farmer who occupied the mansion and his servants, but because this wine cellar has nothing to do with the "mellowness" and "richness" in the impression.

  The nauseating smell after blood fermentation filled the cold and cold cellar, and the semi-coagulated viscous blood was spread on the stone bricks, stepping on it and pulling up the viscous silk fluid. They originate from broken barrels, and from the gurgling liquor that an intruder had opened.

   Deep into the wine cellar, they encountered a team of four—they were wary at first by encountering other factions in the middle of nowhere, and then relaxed. Not only because there were only two of them, but also because they recognized Lu Li.

   A feud seemed to end, but suddenly changed with the whispers of one of the old sewer line teams.

   "That's the exorcist...if we catch him..."

   The accident was sudden: his three companions surrounded him without hesitation.

   One of them cautiously apologized to the calm Lu Li and the playful Claire: "Forgive our offense, Your Excellency Lu Li."

   Watching the infighting team control the man to leave, Claire chuckled and said, "Your reputation is really good, and the players on the old sewer line who have a grudge against you don't want to hurt you."

   "Maybe they recognize you too."

  The episode ended, and they continued to approach the depths of the wine cellar.

  It is relatively intact here, and the "wine liquid" has not permeated here, except for the messy **** footprints on the slate.

  The red brick and stone wall at the end of the wine cellar blocks the road. Claire approaches the brick and stone wall and twists the wall lamp socket counterclockwise.

  Kacha——

The sound of    the operation of the gear mechanism sounded, and the red brick wall cracked, revealing the deep corridor leading to the unknown land.

   For the agency, it is obviously very simple, but considering that it is easy to fail if it is not repaired for a long time, the simpler the secret passage, the better.

   "Have you been here before?" Lu Li asked Claire who went straight to the target.

   "Mother told me."

  Claire tells the source of the secret passage.

  Before the Dark Ages, the Scarlet Farmland was taken care of by the Lorenzo family, and its real owner was the powerful figure of the Midnight City Noble Council, Earl Hunter Willie.

  The Lorenzo family and three other families were under the command of Earl Willie Hunter.

   "The parchment my mother gave me records this secret passage. It can lead all the way to the earl's manor. Coincidentally, the viscount occupied the earl's manor. We can go directly to solve it and take back the alchemy tower."

  Compared to Claire's confidence, the parchment reminded Lu Li of Will Ken, who had nothing to do with it.

When    was about to tell Claire about this, a weak whisper suddenly appeared in his mind.

   "Lu Li...don't tell anyone about my existence yet."

   "Why." Lu Li returned.

   "I feel... unusual. Here, these people..."

   Will Kendi's old voice resounded in his heart.

   "Keep the investigator's prudence and objectively examine everyone around you, including me..."

   Lu Li fell silent.

   "...Lu Li, there is something in the second wine barrel above."

   Lu Li's gaze fell on the wine racks on both sides, and he locked on to the target in Will Ken's increasingly weak voice.

"wait for me."

  Lu Li and Claire said, approaching the wine barrel that Will Ken suggested, and using a dagger to pry off the rotten wine barrel tap.

  Whoa——

   The stench of "wine" poured out and was avoided by Lu Li, who retreated in time, and the gurgling flowed together into an unpleasant pool of water.

   After a few minutes, the wine was emptied, and Lu Li found a bunch of flowers and copper plates in the viscous plasma of the wine barrel. Where should it have been embedded——

  Lu Li dried the flowers and copper plates, listening to Will Ken's faint words.

   "It's connected to a room above..."

  Claire temporarily screwed back the light stand to close the dark passage, and followed Lu Li out of the wine cellar to the farmer's bedroom.

  Because of Will Ken's guidance, the one who seemed to be familiar with the mansion this time became Lu Li.

   Stepping into the manor's study, Lu Li saw a large oil painting in the messy study where books were scattered. Hanging between two bay windows, it was a portrait of a graceful lady in a long, fluffy dress, holding flowers—one of which is now missing.

  Lu Li inlaid the copper plate into the oil painting and returned to Claire.

"that is it?"

   At the same time as Claire questioned, a weak, fearful exclamation suddenly came out of the painting.

   "Who...who's outside?"

   (end of this chapter)